Chapter 4: Don't Tread on Me

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-1 Month After Season 10-
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James stood in one of the long hallways in the house Lisa and him had been staying at since Jax and the others left. He looked up at something that was hanging on the wall, as Lisa was packing things into a bag at the end of the hall.

"Hey! Ready to go?" She called out to him, but his attention was fixated on the wall. "You okay?" She said, as she stopped what she was doing and walked over to him. "You like it?" She asked, as James continued to look at the thin fencing sword.

"Must've been a movie prop." He said.

"How do you know?" She asked, looking up at him.

He grabbed the handle, pulling it off the wall. "Usual fencing swords have a flat end, this one is like an actual sword, it's sharp to a point."

"You know your stuff, huh?" She said.

"Yeah, a little." He said, as he took the scabbard off the wall, tying it around his waist putting the sword into it. "Perfect fit!" He said jokingly, as Lisa let out a small chuckle.

"We need to finish packing. We only have a couple more days of food left, and the generator completely dying last week probably isn't the best thing for us. Time to move on." Lisa said as she walked back down the hallway, picking up her bag and putting the straps around her shoulders.

"Think they'll come back?" James asked, as he walked down the hallway, approaching Lisa.

"Who?" She asked.

"Jax, Caroline, the others." James said.

Lisa sighed, as she looked around the house. "You can't worry about that. They made their choice."

James nodded, looking down.

Lisa sighed, looking at large containers of gasoline sitting on the floor that they were planning on taking with them. "Who cares anyway? We've been doing fine the past month, right? We don't need them." 

James nodded again, as he picked up one of the bags. 

"Let's say they do come back. Let's make sure it's something they remember." Lisa said, as she picked up one of the containers of gasoline. "Cars draw too much attention anyway."

"You wanna burn this place down..?" James asked.

"You look surprised?" Lisa said as she chuckled. "We need to move on. You need to." Lisa said, handing him a container of gasoline. "Burn the past. Look towards the future." She said, as she popped the cap off and began to pour the gasoline around the room. 

"Are you sure about this?" James asked.

"Too late to question it!" She said. "Now shut up and start pouring."

James looked at her, shrugging it off, as he popped off the cap and walked down the stairs, splashing the gasoline all over the kitchen and living room. They both began to cover their mouths and noses, as the fumes became too strong. They both dropped the containers and ran out the back door. 

The sun began to set just below the trees, as the two of them stood next to the house. Lisa stuck her hand into her pocket, pulling out a lighter. "Wanna do the honors?" She asked James, handing him the lighter.

He stood in front of the open door way, looking in at the house, as he flipped the lighter open, sparking it and igniting the flame. He slowly threw the small lighter into the house, as the two of them quickly ran.

"Over here!" Lisa said, as she grabbed James' arm, pulling him over to a canoe sitting by the edge of the lake.

"Are you crazy?" James asked, as Lisa began to push it into the water.

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